NISER has been included in the list of a selected few institutions whose students directly qualify to receive scholarship under the Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) category of the INSPIRE programme launched by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.

All admitted students will receive a scholarship of Rs.5,000/- per month which should be sufficient to meet the course fees and boarding costs. Students will also receive a contingency grant of Rs.20,000/- per year to facilitate their academic pursuits.

Those performing exceedingly well in M.Sc. may have a chance to be absorbed in R & D units and autonomous research institutions of the Department of Atomic Energy.